Jefferson Co. woman killed, husband arrested

Sheriff's Maj. Lafayette Woods told reporters that the woman's husband called the sheriff's office Saturday and said he had shot his wife.

Associated Press

Jefferson County authorizes say they've arrested the husband of a woman who was stabbed to death.

Sheriff's Maj. Lafayette Woods told reporters that the woman's husband called the sheriff's office Saturday and said he had shot his wife. Woods says deputies later found the woman in the home west of Pine Bluff with numerous stab sounds and that she died while en route to a local hospital.

The woman's name has not been released.

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